Re: [GENERAL] DECLARE CURSOR

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: snpe <snpe(at)snpe(dot)co(dot)yu>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] DECLARE CURSOR
Date: 2002-11-18 14:38:59
Message-ID: 28945.1037630339@sss.pgh.pa.us
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-general pgsql-hackers

snpe <snpe(at)snpe(dot)co(dot)yu> writes:
> is it planed cursor out of a transaction in 7.4 ?

I do not think we will allow cross-transaction cursors ever. What would
it mean to have a cross-transaction cursor, anyway? Does it show a
frozen snapshot as of the time it was opened? The usefulness of that
seems awfully low in comparison to the pain of implementing it.

regards, tom lane

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-general by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Haris Peco 2002-11-18 14:46:29 Re: [GENERAL] DECLARE CURSOR
Previous Message Haris Peco 2002-11-18 14:31:34 Re: DECLARE CURSOR

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Haris Peco 2002-11-18 14:46:29 Re: [GENERAL] DECLARE CURSOR
Previous Message Tom Lane 2002-11-18 14:35:32 Re: char(n) to varchar or text conversion should strip trailing spaces